I blame Nixon

If you stopped by Dead Presidents Pub & Restaurant[1] in Wilmington this weekend you were met by a locked door and a sign that read, “Closed temporarily due to major plumbing problem.”

DP owner Quentis Rogers says the bar closed Friday after a sewer line backed up, closing the bathrooms and the kitchen.

“Right now we’ve had some folks in and it appears one of the sewer lines may be broken,” he said. “So right now, I’m working with the landlord.”

In addition to the plumbing problem, Rogers says there are other reasons why the restaurant is closed, including a decline in customers in recent months.

Rogers says the bar’s employees have been let go because he does not have a definitive date to re-open.

“I didn’t feel it was fair for them to be in limbo,” says Rogers, who bought the bar about eight months ago form the original owners, Michael and Stephen Lucey. “Obviously they have families to take care of.”

Rogers says he hopes to re-open in “weeks,” but cautions it could be “a month or so.”